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Students provide tutoring for Weill Cornell Medicine employee kids

… twice a week for an hour each time. “I was touched when I first heard of the program because I’ve always said at work … help in reading and math. Iryna Dovirak “She just wrote her first poem this week,” Dovirak said, smiling with pride. …

Adult University goes virtual with free ‘education vacations’

For decades, Cornell’s Adult University (CAU) has hosted Cornell alumni, their families and friends on the Ithaca campus for faculty-led programs for adults and youth during the summer months. COVID-19 made these weeklong “education vacations” impossible this year.

New book echoes conference on classics, media theory

A new edited volume, “Classics and Media Theory,” features participants from a Cornell media studies conference exploring the interactions between media and antiquity.

Milky Way neutron star pair illuminates cosmic cataclysms

A pair of binary neutron stars is giving researchers a front-row seat at what they believe will be the stars’ eventual cataclysmic merger.

Chemistry students offer summer session for peers

A group of undergraduates is running a summer program to help fellow students prepare for the rigors of organic chemistry.

After fall decision, focus shifts to implementation

… implement this decision, which our modeling shows is the best option for protecting public health.” Eight … emails, virtual forums and on the university’s COVID-19 website . They are focused on the following areas: Health … students to gather, reducing interior crowding. A central site will be established for the procurement and …

From fashion to fertility: CCMR pairs NY startups with faculty

… farm management software. DaisySTICKs identify the best candidates for successful insemination 18 hours in …

Assié-Lumumba leads Institute for African Development

NYC school reopening plan puts vulnerable Black, Latinx students at risk

… access to safe and well-funded public schools as a safe first step for allowing businesses and workers to return to … and economies, but their local and federal governments first worked together to slow the unchecked COVID-19 spread …

AMLO’s White House visit shows Mexico’s dependence on U.S.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico (often referred to as AMLO) will join President Trump at the White House on Wednesday amid continued coronavirus concerns and celebrations of the new trade deal between Mexico, Canada and the United States.

Alum establishes scholarship for Black students

The gift is part of the Cornell Promise initiative to support students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Astronomer Martha Haynes awarded Jansky Lectureship

Martha Haynes, Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy, has been awarded the 2020 Karl G. Jansky Lectureship by Associated Universities, Inc. and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO). The Jansky Lectureship recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of radio astronomy and is being awarded to Haynes “for her influential impact to our understanding of galaxies.” 

Physicist receives prize for ‘pioneering research’

… complementary resources and instruments available at each site. Most recently, they have discovered and visualized the first Pair Density Wave state, a new state of matter …

Tudorita Tumbar receives Humboldt Research Award

Tudorita Tumbar, professor of molecular biology and genetics in the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a Humboldt Research Award “for outstanding academics at the peak of their careers” to pursue a promising collaboration with researchers in Germany.

Cornell Atkinson awards $1.1M to innovative projects

The Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability has awarded seven Academic Venture Fund (AVF) interdisciplinary seed grants, totaling $1.1 million, for projects that engage faculty from eight Cornell colleges and 16 academic departments.